CVE-2009-4652

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-02-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) Conn_GetCipherInfo and (2) Conn_UsesSSL functions in src/ngircd/conn.c in ngIRCd 13 and 14, when SSL/TLS support is present and standalone mode is disabled, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending the MOTD command from another server in the same IRC network, possibly related to an array index error.

Affected products

Ngircd: 13, 14

References

http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=src/ngircd/conn.c%3Bh=c6095a31c613bc5ca127d55b8723e15b836f1cca%3Bhp=9752a6191c7e2da5b0df64779e9cc28ad1e6241c%3Bhb=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2%3Bhpb=95428a72ffb5214826b61d5e77f860e7ef6a6c9e
http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2
http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog
http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS
http://secunia.com/advisories/37343
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3240
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54272
http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=src/ngircd/conn.c%3Bh=c6095a31c613bc5ca127d55b8723e15b836f1cca%3Bhp=9752a6191c7e2da5b0df64779e9cc28ad1e6241c%3Bhb=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2%3Bhpb=95428a72ffb5214826b61d5e77f860e7ef6a6c9e
http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=ngircd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=627b0b713c52406e50c84bb9459e7794262920a2
http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/ChangeLog
http://ngircd.barton.de/doc/NEWS

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